Android below 4.2 how to set layoutDirection to be RTL

Question

trying to set the layout elements to be RTL ordered

in 4.2 and above the line: layoutDirection=\"rtl\" and in the manifest: android:supportsRtl=\"true

Answer 1

Just use ViewCompat using android.support.v4.view to do it.

ViewCompat.setLayoutDirection(findViewById(R.id.my_view), ViewCompat.LAYOUT_DIRECTION_RTL);